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Stephen Meyer on Physics and Cosmology: Online Course Opens New Frontier for Intelligent Design

In the course, Dr. Meyer covers what he calls the “three discoveries that reveal the mind behind the universe.” Read More ›
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Evidence of Intelligent Design in the Origin of Life

As the pioneering chemical evolutionary theorist Alexander Oparin put it, “The problem of the nature of life and the problem of its origin have become inseparable.” Read More ›
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Roger Olsen: The Mystery of Life’s Origin on the Early Earth

As an environmental scientist, Dr. Olsen has spent his career helping homes and families abroad protect children from the ravages of environmental pollution. Read More ›
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Crisis in the Chemistry of Origins

The impressive complexities of proteins, nucleic acids, and other biological molecules are presently developed in nature only in living things. Read More ›
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Marks, Bradley: “Magical” Circumstances Around the Publication of The Mystery of Life’s Origin

The book would go on to spark the beginning of the modern intelligent design movement. Read More ›
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Mystery of Life’s Origin — Intelligent Design’s Original Edition, Greatly Expanded, on Sale Now!

How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›
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Not Oparin’s Coacervates Again!

After Oparin’s coacervate theory was presented in the 1920s, it was dismissed as unworkable. Now, coacervates are back in style. Read More ›
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Photo: James Tour, in a scene from Science Uprising, via Discovery Institute.

On the Origin of Life, Why Listen to James Tour?

Tour is not one for mincing words: “The people who might disagree with me are biologists because they’ve never made anything.” Read More ›
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Error Catastrophe: Manfred Eigen’s Show-Stopper Is Still Stopping the Origin-of-Life Show

We are nearing a half-century since Eigen wrote about this paradox, and it “still challenges theoretical biologists.” Read More ›
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Latest Acts in the Origin-of-Life Circus

Leading lights in origin-of-life research share their work and thoughts in a series of open-access articles about chemical evolution. Read More ›

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